Job 31:29
If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
In Context
28It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.
30Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:12and they mourn, and weep, and fast till the evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel, because they have fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel 16:5And king David hath come in unto Bahurim, and lo, thence a man is coming out, of the family of the house of Saul, and his name [is] Shimei, son of Gera, he cometh out, coming out and reviling;
Psalms 35:25They do not say in their heart, 'Aha, our desire.' They do not say, 'We swallowed him up.'
Proverbs 24:17In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,
Obadiah 1:13Nor come into a gate of My people in a day of their calamity, Nor look, even thou, on its misfortune in a day of its calamity, Nor send forth against its force in a day of its calamity,
Matthew Henry on Job 31:25-33
Job's Abhorrence of Idolatry. ( b. c. 1520.) 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him… Read the whole commentary →